Chapter 264
Rathona
The voice was gentle, so small that it could almost have been lost amid the destruction, barely audible… and yet Arthur heard it clearly.
"It's…"
|Yes, this is what I wanted to tell you, you idiot.|
Arthur's smile widened into a pure smile, free of everything except absolute relief.
He took a single step forward, then grabbed the Beast Monarch's mouth with both hands; one on the upper jaw and the other on the lower.
"Open it for me."
{Huh?}
None of them had a chance to respond.
Arthur violently pulled his arms apart, tearing the Beast Monarch's body completely in two.
A brief silence descended, filled with shock and disbelief.
In the eyes of the Insect Queen and the Frost Monarch was a scene that should have been impossible; the Beast Monarch's body had been split in two, not by a strike, but by sheer, direct raw strength.
The two halves fell onto the hard ground, and the contents of the body burst out like a rotten bubble, covering the ground with blood and entrails.
Arthur calmly smiled and reached his hand into what remained of the beast's stomach, then pulled out the body of a small child.
"Because of his small size, and because the Beast Monarch didn't crush or chew him but swallowed him whole… he's fine."
Without a moment's hesitation, Arthur poured a Miracle Healing Potion into the child's mouth, and another into Mor Mai's mouth.
Mor Mai, whose stomach had been split open, was completely healed, while the child's small chest began rising and falling steadily, life returning to him once again.
"Kareng."
"My king."
"Take them somewhere safe."
"Yes, my king."
The three disappeared at the same moment, after Kareng pulled them away from the heart of the battle.
Arthur took a deep breath and wiped his face with his hand.
"Man… I almost really lost control."
|You actually lost your mind, Arthur.|
"You should have seen the look on my face back then."
|Arthur.|
"Believe me, Cain—"
|Arthurrrrr!|
"Damn it, why are you shouting?"
|There are still two Monarchs in front of you.|
With that reminder, Arthur raised his head and looked at the Frost Monarch and the Insect Queen.
His face reddened slightly, embarrassed by the situation.
"Ahem… ahem. Alright, where were we, guys?"
|Bastard.|
"Damn it, shut up."
{Who exactly are you?}
"Yes, yes… who am I? Where did I come from? How do I possess all this power? Blah, blah, blah… Nothing I say will be useful, so shall we begin?"
He had barely finished his sentence when the Frost Monarch tore open space, attempting to escape.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Arthur raised his hand and grabbed the Frost Monarch by the neck.
Part of his body had already passed through the rift, while the other half remained suspended in Arthur's firm grip.
The Frost Monarch let out a thunderous scream, and the entire area froze.
The air, the ground, and even Arthur's body as he held the Frost Monarch by the neck froze.
{Is… is he dead?}
The Insect Queen asked as she took a step backward, while the Frost Monarch himself struggled to free himself from Arthur's grasp.
{I don't know… Where did this person even come from? How does he possess this kind of power? Is he one of them?}
{Even if he is, they aren't this powerful… and they aren't as savage as this little monster.}
"Little?"
The ice slowly began to melt.
The Frost Monarch's ice, capable of freezing the world, melted like a piece of ice placed beneath a scorching sun.
"Just so you know…"
Arthur's body gradually emerged from within the ice as he spoke in an indifferent tone, trying to brush the water off his clothes.
"I'm millions of damn years old."
He raised his hand to his head and pushed his hair back, then pressed down hard against the ground beneath his feet and shot toward the Insect Queen.
{Frost Monarch, save me!}
She had not even finished her plea when the world turned upside down in her eyes.
Arthur had crushed her neck and separated her head from her body after covering himself in a strange and imposing power.
"Man… relying on the power of the Great Ancients really is unbelievable."
He looked at his hand, where the energy had begun returning to the deepest point within his body, then disappeared completely.
|The Frost Monarch escaped.|
"Tch… Who cares? I'll take care of him, or Sung will, eventually."
|Arthur.|
"Yes?"
|…|
"What?"
|Nothing.|
"Strange."
Arthur breathed calmly, then raised his hand toward the corpses of the Beast Monarch and the Insect Queen.
"Rise from your deaths and follow me, you bastards."
The two bodies trembled violently, then returned to their normal forms.
"My king."
They said it together as they knelt before him.
Arthur smiled calmly as he looked at his two new soldiers.
"I think it's time to return."
Arthur moved out of Hunter Christopher's mansion, which had already been transformed into fire and ice faster than anyone had expected.
The mansion collapsed and went to hell, but…
•You continue to change the timeline, Arthur.•
Even so, Arthur gained many benefits: new soldiers, battles with the Monarchs, and the rescue of Hunter Christopher, his wife, and their young child.
"Arthur."
"Mor Mai… are you alright?"
Mor Mai held her child in her arms, looking at Arthur in disbelief as tears streamed down her eyes with gratitude and happiness.
"Tha—"
Arthur interrupted her with a calm smile and stepped closer, looking at the child.
"Have you decided on the name?"
Mor Mai swallowed her tears and looked at him with deep relief.
"Yes… Christopher and I chose it as soon as we learned about the pregnancy. We're going to name him Rathona."
"Rath…"
"Rath… What a lovely name."
Arthur smiled happily and looked at Rathona, the small child.
Then he reached out and gently touched his rosy cheeks.
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